Decaturish

1 week ago | decaturish.com | Dan Whisenhunt

STONE MOUNTAIN, Ga. — The Stone Mountain City Council met on Friday, May 30, and directed the city attorney to begin drafting an ordinance regarding procedures for removing elected officials. While the council did not explain the vote, which occurred after a lengthy closed-door executive session, Mayor Pro Tem Ryan Smith confirmed to Decaturish that the intent is to set the groundwork for removing Mayor Beverly Jones, pending the results of an independent investigation into her conduct.

3 weeks ago | decaturish.com | Dan Whisenhunt

STONE MOUNTAIN, Ga. — The Stone Mountain City Council on May 6 removed Mayor Beverly Jones’s authority to make financial decisions on behalf of the city while the city investigates how she obtained control of all city accounts, including some accounts not directly controlled by the council. At the May 6 meeting, City Manager Shawn Edmondson told the council he had contacted Truist about a wire transfer.

1 month ago | decaturish.com | Dan Whisenhunt

DECATUR, Ga. — WABE host Rose Scott will moderate a climate resilience and justice discussion on April 24 at 7 p.m. at Columbia Theological Seminary. The event is open to the public and admission is free. Columbia Theological Seminary is located at 701 Columbia Drive, Decatur, Ga. 30030. The Ellis Room is in the Richards Center on the Kirk Road side of campus.

2 months ago | decaturish.com | Zoe Seiler

DECATUR, Ga. — UNICEF USA recognized Decatur as a child-friendly city on March 21. Decatur is the third municipality in the United States to receive the designation through UNICEF’s Child Friendly City Initiative. Houston, Texas, and Minneapolis, Minnesota, have also achieved child-friendly city recognition. The Child Friendly Cities Initiative, created in 1996, establishes a framework for prioritizing the creation of safer, healthier, more inclusive, and child-responsive cities around the world.

2 months ago | decaturish.com | Dan Whisenhunt

ATLANTA — The next development phase at Pullman Yards in Kirkwood is expected to begin this August and last about one year. According to records reviewed by Decaturish, Pullman Yards owner Atomic Entertainment plans to construct a 360-space parking deck and about 40,000 square feet of convention space under phase two, which is a $15 million investment on top of the $45 million investment in phase one. The phase two work is expected to be finished by summer 2026.